The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-16
00VN WITH THE CAR!
ovr CRY OF THE STUDENTS OF
RUSSIA.

=, uvcitine Incident in the University
Of st. Potersburg-The Sensation
caused by Reading Vacation Essay
Long Live Liberty.
From the Chicago Ne,cs,
Never tor the last three years has the pro
cor of history of The University of St
y,+ersburg seen as large an audience in his
lbs. as on last Feb. ?, AS he took his seat
~ the little platform the historiographer of
his majesty the Gar was startled at the
scbt Of hundreds of heads instead of the
,,,,al dozen Of bespectacled young men be
= him But he subdued his surprise,
yo,od volume Of some memoirs, and, adj
Tossing himself to the audience, asked:
what is the order of the day"
upeadinc of vacation eSsays!" replied half
d,zon stentorian voices The students had
INST returned from their Christmas vaca-
ION On the morning of Feb. 2 it was given
MT in the corridors of the huge university
m;ldinr that the "historians" were going to
awe some fun. Each student, therefore,
,nrried to che historical class, and the large
,aII was soon crowded with young repreSen
atives of all the races that form the vast
,on,,lation of Russia. There were also a
yo6d number of young female students,
Commonly dubbed female Nihilists, with
,nectacleS and nonchalant appearance, in
he hall Serenity and juvenile recklessneSs
nprvaded the checkered gathering. They
tracked Jokes, laughed, narrated vacation
axncriences while waiting for the opening of
he class. but silence set i'll az soon as the
professor made his appearance. After mus
Arlpg the audience for few minutes, the
81 nrofesser said: "Let those who have writ
II ZEN their essays come forward and read"
A half-dozen students stepped up to the
platform. One read tiresome essay about
N he history of the Rascolniki, the Crock
Il Catholic renegades in the provinces OF fischer
.icoff and Kursk; another read some
n hing about the ancient history of Crimea; ,
y Tiers followed with kindred historical
& sketches. Finally, slender young man,
& with long, blonde hair, smooth, pale face,
a md blue spectacles, began reading a paper
q untitled From Ancient History He pre-
ianed his essay by a few remarks saving
& hat ,he strictly followed the old classic
writers-Tacitlls, Suetonius, Dion Cassius,
4 Velleius Paterculus, Seneca, Philon, and
4 others He read i'll a sonorous, passionate
voice as follows:
q "a vast empire COMPOSED of most hetero-
n Veneous parts, which are kept together by
81 mere force, extends from the cold northern
81 marshes and forests to the green shores Of
n he warm southern sea- 1t takes up a con-
4 siderable portion Of the globe, tens of mil
ions of men form its population, but its en-
lire administration is concentrated in the
bands of one man. One man has unlimited,
d uncontrolled sway over this gigantic en-
II ore Many years reigned the old Emperor
Il Tiberius, and he reigned not without glory,
IS some of his devoted literati-for instance,
81 Velleius Paterculus-say. In the everest
eSs western provinces a dangerous uprising
vas quelled-an uprising caused withai by
he thievery and piracy of the officials sent
81 here by the government as wei as by the
patriotism Of a conquered and oppressed ma
81 aon--I mean the upris.d. of Julius FlOrus
al and Julius SacroviruS, of which TacituS
parrates in the third chapter of his annals :"
Prolonged cheers and cries of Bravo" and
81 "Hurah for Poandn interrupted the
# ToCHg reader, as he in matter-of- fact man
her pronounced the last SENTENCE When
nence was restored he continued: ''SuetO-
Mus in his book on TibeIius, chapter So
also Tacltus and Dion CaSSluS-tcll us that
BONE reforms were brought about during
his reign, especially in judicial affairs, which
III were in total state of corruption before
W 1t is interesting TO know under what cir
cumstanccS his reign began. Julius Cesar
The predecessor Of his fathcr-thc fact that
lloerlus was only an adaptive son of Octa-
Vius Augustus makes no ditterence-was a
al civilized, polished, good-naturcd gentleman,
81 who knew how to mako friends. He Gov
cred himself with INN )rtal glory through
bis campaign In France, where he destroyed
vast army Of the GaulS and vanquished a
I most celebrated general - NircigctOriy
Cheers ana cries "Napoleonn'1 Caesars
nocessor t"Nicholas!1 remarked some
cody from the audience Octavils Angus
Eus was cruel merciless man with an iron
VIII and austere character He mounted
MS throne after having stained with blood
us steps by putting to death and banishing
lozens OF lovers Of liberty He was hated
Inc people groaned under his oppression.
ne numberlesS wars he engaged in were
successful, but a disastrous military catas-
III aophe, which resulted mainly from the ra-
peclty and incapacity of his generals, cloud
NJ the last days of his career-I mean the
aeIeat OF the legions of Qunetillus Varus
You mean Sebastopol!' corrected one Of
she hearers Dion CasSius and 1acituS re
ste That the death of the Emperor occurred
unuer such suspicious circumstances thnt
"a We people believed he was poisoned. His
predecessor was an elegant lover of women :
le was rude libertine. When his son nro-
canned himself Emperor he was hailed with
~ 10y by the people. By introducing some re-
orms,, as stated above, and doing a little
OWard elevating the lower classes. he soon
# won r,on the reputation of a liberal-minded man.
lAe nation woke up from her long slumber
81 every one breathed easier: n fresh. healthfrl
.llrt pervaded the literature: a host of